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Dec.28, 2012
(Reuters) - Sporting quotes from 2012: OLYMPICS "These were happy and glorious Games," - IOC president Jacques Rogge at the closing ceremony. "I did everything I wanted to. I finished my career the way I wanted to," - American swimmer Michael Phelps after retiring with 18 gold medals. "I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead," - Erick Barrondo, winner of Guatemala's first-ever Olympic medal with silver in the men's 20-kilometre race walk. "I'm now a legend. ...
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Dec.16, 2012
MALELANE, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa's Charl Schwartzel fired a final round 69 on home soil to claim an emphatic 12-stroke victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and seal his second win in a week on Sunday. The 28 year-old, who finished 24-under-par overall after his three-under round, had begun the day with a 10-shot advantage over Frenchman Gregory Bourdy and never looked in any danger as he reached the turn at level-par for his round. A two-hour delay for thunderstorms at the Leopard Creek Country Club followed, but the former U.S. ...
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Dec.16, 2012
MALELANE, South Africa, Dec 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's Charl Schwartzel fired a final round 69 on home soil to claim an emphatic 12-stroke victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship and seal his second win in a week on Sunday. The 28 year-old, who finished 24-under-par overall after his three-under round, had begun the day with a 10-shot advantage over Frenchman Gregory Bourdy and never looked in any danger as he reached the turn at level-par for his round. A two-hour delay for thunderstorms at the Leopard Creek Country Club followed, but the former U.S. ...
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Dec.15, 2012
COOLUM, Australia (AP) -- The Australian PGA golf tournament may not be moving from its home of the past 11 years after all.
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Dec.14, 2012
Chou/Getty Images Brendon de Jonge had four top 10s and earned more than $2 million on the PGA TOUR this year/ By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM Brendon de Jonge took home Sportsperson of the Year and Sportsman of the Year honors in his native Zimbabwe Thursday night. The 32-year-old native of Harare who now lives in [...]
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Dec.14, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Watson feels right at home in Scotland.
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Dec.13, 2012
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Greg Norman withdrew from his home Australian PGA Championship after only two holes on Thursday due to a bout of food poisoning. The 57-year-old former world number one bogeyed the first two of his opening round at the Palmer Coolum resort in southern Queensland state before deciding he could not continue. "He's had a bad night," Australian PGA chief Brian Thorburn told reporters. "He tried to soldier on through the tournament but after a couple of holes it just wasn't possible for him. "He's under medical attention at the moment." Norman was one of the A$1.25 million ($1. ...
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Dec.05, 2012
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) -- Phil Mickelson is starting his new season in the desert, only much closer to home.
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Dec.04, 2012
Dong-hwan Lee carded a final-round 67 to take home medalist honors in the final stage of q-school on Monday. Lee is among the 26 players that earned PGA TOUR cards for the 2013 season. Brad Fritsch, who tied for seventh, already had earned PGA TOUR status for 2013 based on his finish on the Web.com [...]
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) Boo Weekley always feels at home coming to the RBC Heritage.
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Apr.12, 2012
Cannon/Getty Images Tommy Gainey shot a 1-under 70 Thursday at Harbour Town. By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — There are a lot of things working in Tommy Gainey’s favor at the RBC Heritage. He finished third here a year ago, and he’s from Darlington, S.C., which is a few hours north of [...]
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Apr.11, 2012
Former FedExCup leader Kyle Stanley may have come home again at the right time. Stanley, who resides in Bluffton, about a 20-minute drive from Harbour Town Golf Links, has been in a bit of a slump, but his return to South Carolina may be just what the doctor ordered. He enters this week’s RBC Heritage [...]
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Mar.28, 2012
Yani Tseng has already worked on her leap at her pool back home in Orlando, trying to come up with something special for that airborne moment between winning the LPGA Tour's Kraft Nabisco Championship and splashing down in Poppie's Pond for the traditional post-tournament dip. "I thought I jumped pretty cool two years ago, but my friends say it wasn't a good jump," said...
By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM Yes, the greens at Redstone Golf Club are firm and fast like players will find next week at Augusta National. The chipping areas are closely-mown, as well. But that’s not why the world No. 3, Lee Westwood, has flown from his home in Worksop, England to Texas to play in the [...]
